Thayir Sadam/Curd Rice, also known as curd sadam is a popular South Indian rice dish. I generally make this rice recipe during summers as it helps to cool the stomach. It is a very comforting food and best for upset tummies. I love to have curd rice with pickles. Seasoned curd rice garnished with pomegranates or seedless green grapes is even more delicious. It is a perfect travel food and is ideal for lunchbags to school/ office. Some people like to make this with sour yoghurt but my preference is to use plain yoghurt (not sour !).
The main two ingredients of this recipe are rice and curd, mainly unsweetened curd. Cooked rice is mixed with curd and then tempered with mustard, ginger and chilli to make it flavourful. Sometimes I add pomegranate seeds to this rice dish, to give it that extra sweet and sour taste. There are many ways you can prepare this recipe, I’ve posted here a quick and easy way of making this rice dish.
My younger son, Rohit, loves anything with curd added to it. I’m sure most of the kids will love this yummy rice recipe.
Now, let’s start with this recipe….
Ingredients
- ½ cup Rice
- 1 Tomato, deseeded and finely chopped
- ½ cup Curd/plain yogurt
- 2 tbsps. Capsicum, finely chopped
- ½ cup Milk
- Salt needed
- ½ Carrot, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp. Chopped cucumber
For the seasoning:
- 1 tsp. Oil
- ¼ tsp. Mustard seeds
- A tbsp. Finely chopped ginger
- 1.4 tsp. Cumin seeds
- 1 Green chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
Method
- Cook rice until soft. You can use pressure cooker also for cooking rice.
- When done, mash it well with a masher when it is hot. Add milk and mix it well.
- After it cools, add curd and salt.
- Heat oil and add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add cumin, next add ginger, green chillies and sauté for a few seconds.
- Again, add all the vegetables and sauté again. Add the mix to the curd rice and mix everything well.
- Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.
- Yummy thayir sadam is ready. It can be had as such or with any pickle. Enjoy!!
